General Studies - Paper II (Main Examination)
Governance, Constitution & Polity
- D.D. Basu: Indian Constitution.
- P.M. Bakshi: Indian Constitution
- S.C. Kashyap: Citizens and the Constitution (Publications Division)
- B.S. Baviskar & Ash Narain Roy Local Governance – A Global Perspective (Publications Division)
- S.C. Kashyap: Our Parliament (NBT)
- S.C. Kashyap: Our Constitution (NBT)
- S.C. Kashyap: Our Political System (NBT)
- M.R. Singh: Indian Federalism (NBT)
- Kuldeep Mathur: From Government to Governance (NBT)
International Relations
- Rajiv Sikri: Challenge and Strategy- Understanding India’s foreign policy
- C. Rajamohan: Crossing the Rubicon
- NCERT : Contemporary World Politics (12th Standard)
General Studies - Paper III (Main Examination)
Governance, Constitution & Polity
Science & Technology
- India Yearbook: brought out by Publications Division : Chapter on Science and Technology
- Annual Reports of the department of Space, Atomic Energy, Ministry of Environment etc
Indian Economy
- NCERT: India’s Economic Development
- Mishra and Puri: Indian Economy
- Relevant Economic Survey
- 12th Five Year Plan Document
- Bimal Jalan: India’s Economic Policy
- Bimal Jalan: Emerging India- Economics, Politics and Reforms.
- Any one Economic Newspaper like The Economic Times, Business Standard, Financial Express.
- Yojana which comes every month in Hindi, English, Assamese, Bangali, Gujarathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
- Kurukshetra in Hindi/English
Environment and Bio-diversity
- NCERT: India’s Physical Environment
- Together, Towards a Safer India: CBSE Publication
- Encyclopedia of Disaster Management: S.L. Goel (Deep and Deep Publications)
Security
- Annual Reports of Ministry of Home Affairs, Defence and External Affairs
General Studies - Paper IV (Main Examination)
Ethics and Integrity
- Mohit Bhattacharya- New Horizons of Public Administration
- Nicholas Henry- Public Administration and Public Affairs
- S.R. Maheshwari and Awasthi -Public Administration
- Ramesh K Arora – Ethical Governance in Business and Government
- Ramesh K Arora – Ethics in Governance
- Ramesh K Arora & Tanjul Saxena – Ethics and Accountability in Government and Business
